Chapter 18 — Placer County Municipal Code

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW

Article 18.04 GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 18.04.010. Purpose and scope. § 18.04.020. Incorporation of CEQA and state CEQA guidelines.
§ 18.04.030. Definitions. § 18.04.040. Responsibilities for environmental review.
§ 18.04.050. Public projects. § 18.04.060. Project initiation. § 18.04.070. Project application.
§ 18.16.040. Consideration of the negative declaration.
§ 18.16.050. Notice of determination. § 18.16.060. Time limits for private projects.
§ 18.16.070. Subsequent negative declarations.
§ 18.16.080. Reuse of negative declaration from an earlier project.
§ 18.16.090. Addendum negative declarations.

Article 18.08 PRELIMINARY REVIEW

Article 18.20 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

§ 18.08.010. Actions that constitute a "project."
§ 18.08.020. Exemptions. § 18.08.030. Time limits for private projects.
§ 18.08.040. Procedures for suspension of processing.
Article 18.12
INITIAL STUDIES
§ 18.12.010. Environmental determination.
§ 18.12.020. Early consultation. § 18.12.030. Preparation. § 18.12.040. Initial study contents. § 18.12.050. Significant effect.
Article 18.16
NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS
§ 18.16.010. Preparation. § 18.16.020. Contents of negative declaration.
§ 18.16.030. Notice and review.
§ 18.20.005. Environmental impact report.
§ 18.20.010. Notice of preparation. § 18.20.015. Scoping meeting. § 18.20.020. Preparation of environmental impact report.
§ 18.20.030. Contents of draft EIR. § 18.20.040. County review of draft EIR for private projects.
§ 18.20.050. Notice and review. § 18.20.060. The final EIR. § 18.20.070. Findings and statement of overriding considerations.
§ 18.20.080. Notice of determination. § 18.20.090. Time limits for private projects.
§ 18.20.100. Subsequent EIR. § 18.20.105. Supplement to an EIR. § 18.20.110. Addendum to an EIR. § 18.20.120. Tiering. § 18.20.140. Other types of EIRS. § 18.20.150. EIRS for special situations.

PLACER COUNTY CODE

		Article 18.24	§ 18.36.050.	Class 3—New construction
	PROCEDURES WHEN COUNTY IS			or conversion of small
	RESPONSIBLE AGENCY			structures (CEQA
				Guidelines, Section 15303).
§	18.24.010.	Time limits for private	§ 18.36.060.	Class 4—Minor alterations
		projects.		to land (CEQA Guidelines,
§	18.24.020.	Commenting on draft EIR.		Section 15304).
§	18.24.030.	Consideration of final EIR.	§ 18.36.070.	Class 5—Minor alterations
§	18.24.040.	Limitations of responsible		in land use limitations
		agency authority.		(CEQA Guidelines, Section
				15305).
		Article 18.28	§ 18.36.080.	Class 6—Information
	MITIGATION MONITORING AND			collection (CEQA
	REPORTING PROGRAM			Guidelines, Section 15306).
			§ 18.36.090.	Class 7—Actions by
§	18.28.010.	General.		regulatory agencies for
§ § § §	18.28.020. 18.28.030. 18.28.040. 18.28.050.	Application. Standard mitigation monitoring program. Timing. Contents of project specific reporting plan.	§ 18.36.100.	protection of natural resources (CEQA Guidelines, Section 15307). Class 8—Actions by regulatory agencies for the protection of the environment (CEQA
§	18.28.060.	Implementation.		Guidelines, Section 15308).
§	18.28.070.	Fees.	§ 18.36.110.	Class 9—Inspections (CEQA
§	18.28.080.	Enforcement.		Guidelines, Section 15309).
§	18.28.090.	Modifications.	§ 18.36.130.	Class 11—Accessory
				structures (CEQA
		Article 18.32		Guidelines, Section 15311).
	APPEALS AND INDEPENDENT		§ 18.36.140.	Class 12—Surplus
	HEARING BODY POWERS			government property sales
				(CEQA Guidelines, Section
§	18.32.010.	Appeals.		15312).
§	18.32.020.	Independent hearing body	§ 18.36.150.	Class 13—Acquisition of
		powers.		lands for wildlife
				conservation purposes
		Article 18.36		(CEQA Guidelines, Section
	STATUTORY EXEMPTIONS AND			15313).
	CATEGORICAL EXEMPTIONS		§ 18.36.160.	Class 14—Minor additions
				to schools (CEQA
§	18.36.010.	Statutory exemptions.		Guidelines, Section 15314).
§ § §	18.36.020. 18.36.030. 18.36.040.	Categorical exemptions. Class 1—Existing facilities. Class 2—Replacement or	§ 18.36.170.	Class 15—Minor land divisions (CEQA Guidelines, Section 15315).
		reconstruction (CEQA
		Guidelines, Section 15302).

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW

§	18.36.180.	Class 16—Transfer of	§ 18.36.290.	Class 27—Leasing new
		ownership of land in order		facilities (CEQA Guidelines,
		to create parks (CEQA		Section 15327).
		Guidelines, Section 15316).	§ 18.36.300.	Class 28—Small
§	18.36.190.	Class 17—Open space		hydroelectric projects at
		contracts or easements		existing facilities (CEQA
		(CEQA Guidelines, Section		Guidelines, Section 15328).
		15317).	§ 18.36.310.	Class 29—Cogeneration
§	18.36.210.	Class 19—Annexations of		projects at existing facilities
		existing facilities and lots for		(CEQA Guidelines, Section
		exempt facilities (CEQA		15329).
		Guidelines, Section 15319).	§ 18.36.320.	Class 30—Minor actions
§	18.36.220.	Class 20—Changes in		(CEQA Guidelines, Section
		organization of local		15330).
		agencies (CEQA Guidelines,	§ 18.36.330.	Class 31—Historical
		Section 15320).		resource restoration/
§	18.36.230.	Class 21—Enforcement		rehabilitation (CEQA
		actions by regulatory		Guidelines, Section 15331).
		agencies (CEQA Guidelines,	§ 18.36.340.	Class 32—In-fill
		Section 15321).		development projects
§	18.36.240.	Class 22—Educational or		(CEQA Guidelines, Section
		training programs involving		15332).
		no physical changes (CEQA	§ 18.36.350.	Class 33—Small habitat
		Guidelines, Section 15322).		restoration projects (CEQA
§	18.36.250.	Class 23—Normal		Guidelines, Section 15333).
		operations of facilities for
		public gatherings (CEQA		Article 18.37
		Guidelines, Section 15323).	CULTURAL	AND TRIBAL RESOURCES
§	18.36.260.	Class 24—Regulations of
		working conditions (CEQA	§ 18.37.010.	Title.
		Guidelines, Section 15324).	§ 18.37.020.	Intent and purpose.
§	18.36.270.	Class 25—Transfers of ownership of interest in land to preserve existing natural conditions (CEQA Guidelines, Section 15325).	§ 18.37.030. § 18.37.040. § 18.37.050.	Definitions. Responsibilities. Relationship to environmental review.
§	18.36.280.	Class 26—Acquisition of housing for housing assistance programs (CEQA	§ 18.37.060.	Screening and determination of presence of cultural resources.
		Guidelines, Section 15326).	§ 18.37.070.	Determination of presence of
				tribal cultural resources.

Prior code history; prior code §§ 31.100-31.106, 31.260-31.290, 31.310-31.340, 31.410-31.450, 31.510-31.590, 31.610-31.626, 31.630-31.690, 31.710-31.760, 31.810-31.880 and 31.910-31.959.